Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 09/10/1996

Proposed Settlement Agreement, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit

In accordance with section 113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as amended (``Act''), 42 U.S.C. 7413(g), notice is hereby given of a proposed partial consent decree, which was lodged with the United States District Court for the District of Columbia by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') on September 27, 1996, to address two lawsuits filed by the Sierra Club. These lawsuits, which were filed pursuant to section 304(a) of the Act, 42 U.S.C. 7604(a), concern, among other things, EPA's alleged failure to meet mandatory deadlines under sections 112(c)(3), (c)(6), (k)(3), and 202(l)(2) of the Act, 42 U.S.C. 7412(c)(3), (c)(6), (k)(3), and 7521(l)(2), which concern the emission of hazardous air pollutants from stationary and mobile sources. The proposed partial consent decree provides that EPA shall take certain actions under those provision in accordance with specified schedules. For a period of thirty (30) days following the date of publication of this notice, the Agency will receive written comments relating to the proposed partial consent decree from person who were not named as parties or intervenors to the litigation in question. EPA or the Department of Justice may